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Assessing Children's Learning and Development

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students assess children's learning and development so that their preschool can be developmentally appropriate. They participate in creating file folder games to use with their preschoolers in the future. These games help the children...
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Using Technology To Learn Independently

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore learning strategies that may be incorporated into a classroom. In groups, they prepare a role play that demonstrates a specific learning strategy. students discuss necessary materials,l take notes on the learning...
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Learn classmates names

For Teachers K
Students create a classroom book along the lines of Brown Bear, Brown Bear to help students learn their classmates names. 1. read along with this repetitive phrase book to learn the names of their classmates.
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Respectful Interview

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students interview elderly people in a senior citizen community center. In this character counts lesson, students interview the elderly about how society can be more respectful.  They videotape and watch the interviews together. 
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Trekking to Timbuktu: Timbuktu: A Center of Trade - Teacher Version

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the origins of Timbuktu, explain the importance of its location, and describe the kingdom of Mali. They also explain how and why Timbuktu became a part of Mali.
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Long Vowel Sounds Activity Center

For Students K - 3rd
In this long vowel sounds activity, students place pictures next to the long vowel sound that is in their names. Students put 51 pictures next to sounds.
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Duking It Out

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss 'Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Mixing Treasures by Duke Ellington and Edvard Grieg,' exploring how jazz transformed European music and the influence jazz has had on modern music. They write musical reviews.
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Radio Free School

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore radio news formats, styles, and sequences, and then write segments for a student-centered news radio program. In small groups, students develop and write news segments for a student-centered radio program.
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All the President's Men and Women

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research responsibilities, programs and government departments of leaders that make up the presidential cabinet, in the form of a Web Exploration, after reading "Dueling Power Centers" from The New York Times.
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Will the Supreme Court Vouch for Vouchers?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate past Supreme Court decisions that have centered on education issues and assess the ways in which those decisions have impacted American education. They consider the controversies surrounding the issue of school...
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Word Sort ----at

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this rhyme worksheet, students see 16 full color cards and word labels for the rhyme pattern ---at. This is an independent center activity and there are directions for sorting, writing, and classifying.
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Simulation and Accounting Practices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
  Young scholars implement their knowledge about accounting practices into a simulation activity.  In this secondary consumer/business math lesson, students participate in a simulation centered on the life of the people during the gold...
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Migrant Workers Through the Lens of Dorothea Lange

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the lives of migrant workers during the Great Depression. In this Great Depression lesson plan, students examine photographs and song lyrics to gain an understanding of the conditions for people living in the era....
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The Monkey Dance: Exploring Balinese Culture

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore Balinese culture. In this Balinese integrated fine arts instructional activity, students listen to a podcast of "The Monkey Dance," taking notes about important features of the dance. Students participate in a jigsaw...
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Both Home And School On The Range

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the notion of home-schooling and the use of technology as an instructional tool while comparing these ideas to their own school experiences. They develop and conduct a survey centering around home-schooling and...
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First Aid

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the giving and receiving of aid from political rivals in the aftermath of natural disasters by learning about an earthquake in India and the international relief response it has induced. They read and discuss an article...
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Pioneer America: Pioneer Living

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research pioneer life. In this pioneer lesson, 4th graders read the book Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and discuss what life was like for early pioneers. They research pioneers and show what they have...
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Swing your Partner: The Basics of Square Dancing

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students perform square dancing steps. In this square dancing lesson, students view a video to learn the basic steps.  Students discuss the history of the dance and perform with partners. 
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The Sky is Falling!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a variety of activities about fall. They study a plant's life cycle and what happens to plants in the fall. They make leaf rubbings and discuss seed dispersal. They write a creative story about a seed and visit a...
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Understanding Tenement Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students look at life for immigrants in the 19th century. In this immigrant lesson, students discuss how the poor German, Irish, Italian, and Jewish immigrants lived in tenement housing. They research the reasons they came to America...
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Lewis and Clark: Prized Possession

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a Sacagawea-inspired wampum belt. In this Native-American lesson, students study Sacagawea and her influence on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Students learn about wampum and prized possessions and work in groups to...
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Phonics: High Frequency Words, Sand Paper Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners use a stack of words embellished with tactile elements, such as sandpaper, to practice high-frequency words. Pupils trace the tactile surface of each letter in the word, write it on their paper, then find and glue that word from...
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Sunday School Center

A Series of Bible Study Lessons: Easter

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Designed for a Christian Sunday school class, this unit includes eight lessons for introducing youngsters to the Easter season and its connection to Jesus Christ. 
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Kindergarten Music Time

For Teachers K
Little ones are led through a series of rhythmic songs and chants while they march, clap, and use their tummies as percussive instruments. They work on singing in pitch, chunking, and keeping a steady beat. 

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